Find Out Which Celebrities Have Way More Kids Than You’d Expect
Celebrities have the means to raise a lot of kids, so some of them do just that. All of the famous folks on this list have six children or more. Some of them have a lot more. Could you imagine having a double-digit number of kids? How many kids are too many?
For these celebs, it looks like it's the more, the merrier. Keep reading to find out how many kids Mick Jagger has, and which celeb has fifteen children.
Madonna
Madonna, queen of pop, has six children. You probably know of Lourdes Leon, her daughter with Carlos Leon. She also has two sons (one adopted) with Guy Ritchie.
In 2006, Madonna adopted Mercy James, and in 2012, she adopted twin sisters Esther and Stella.
Bob Marley
Bob Marley had 11 children — three of them, Cedelia, David "Ziggy," and Stephen, with wife Alpharita Constantia "Rita" Anderson. He had a son, Robbie, in 1972 with Pat Williams, another son the same year with Janet Hunt, a daughter in 1973 with Janet Bowen, a son in 1975 with Lucy Pounder, a son in 1976 with Anita Belnavis, and a son in 1978 with Cindy Breakspeare.
He also adopted Rita's children Sharon and Stephanie.
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin had eleven children in his life, and he was married four times. He had a child with his first wife, Mildred Harris, but that baby died when he was just three days old.
He had two kids with his second wife, Lita Grey, and eight kids with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. He was named the father of Joan Barry's daughter in 1944, but a paternity test proved that the child wasn't his.
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro has six children. In 1976, he had a son named Raphael with his ex-wife Diahnne Abbott. In 1995, he had twins with his ex-partner Toukie Smith.
Then, he had two children in 1998 and 2001 with his wife, Grace Hightower. When he was married to Abbott, he adopted her older daughter, Drena. In 2023, De Niro welcomed his seventh child into the world.
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson has had eight children with several different women: D'Amato Tyson born in 1990, Mickey Tyson born in 1990, Rayna born in 1996 and Amir born in 1997 with second wife, Monica Turner.
He had two children with his ex-partner Sol Xochitl, Miguel born in 2002 and Exodus who was born in 2005 but died in 2009. He had two sons, Milan and Morocco Tyson, with third wife, Lakiha "Kiki" Spicer.
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson has seven children. He had two daughters and a son with his first wife, Martha Matthews. Unfortunately, his son Billy, who was born in 1958, died in 1991.
He had two children with his third wife, Connie Koepke, and two children with his current wife, Annie D'Angelo.
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger has eight children. His first child, Karis Hunt Jagger with Marsha Hunt, was born in 1970. He had a daughter, Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger, with his first wife, Bianca De Macias.
Then he had four children with his ex-wife Jerry Hall, and a son with Luciana Gimenez. In 2016, his girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, gave birth to their son, Deveraux Jagger. Mick was 73 at the time, and Hamrick was 29.
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy has nine children: Bria L. Murphy born 1989, Myles Mitchell born 1992, Shayne Audra born 1994, Zola Ivy born 1999, and Bella Zahra born 2002 with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell.
He had a son in 1989 with Paulette McNeely, a son in 1990 with Tamara Hood, a daughter in 2007 with former Spice Girl Mel B., and a daughter in 2016 with his girlfriend, Paige Butcher.
Kevin Costner
Academy Awarding winning actor Kevin Costner has seven children. He has three children, two daughters, and a son, with his ex-wife, Cindy Silva.
Then he had a son in 1996 with Bridget Rooney. Later, he married Christine Baumgartner, and they had three children, Cayden, Hayes, and Grace.
Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, better known as Sting, has six children. He had a son and a daughter with his first wife, Frances Tomelty.
He then had four more children: Brigitte Michael "Mickey" Sumner, Jake Sumner, Eliot Pauline "Coco" Sumner, and Giacomo Luke Sumner with wife Trudie Styler.
Mia Farrow
Most people know that Mia Farrow has a lot of children, but do you know just how many? Fourteen. That's right. Mia Farrow is the mother of fourteen children. Some of them are biological, many of them are adopted.
Her family situation is pretty complicated.
Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond has eight children. She has a son, Stephen, with her first (and then third) husband, Stephen Lyle Craig.
She adopted a daughter in 1987, gave birth to a daughter in 1989, gave birth to a son in 1999, and then adopted two sons and two daughters with her ex-husband, Brian Blosil.
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood has seven children with five different women. His first daughter, Kimber, was born in 1964.
He had a son and a daughter with his ex-wife Maggie Johnson, a son and a daughter with Jacelyn Reeves, a daughter with Frances Fisher, and a daughter, born in 1996, with his ex-wife Dina Ruiz.
Billy Ray Cyrus
You probably know about Billy Ray Cyrus' most famous children, Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus. Billy Ray has four other children (six total).
He had a son the same year Miley was born with Kristin Luckey, one more kid with Miley's mother, Leticia "Tish" Finley Cyrus, and he adopted Tish's two older children.
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando had fifteen children. That's right. Fifteen. Eleven of them are biological with eight different women. He adopted three children, his third wife's daughter and niece, and the daughter of his assistant.
He is also suspected to be the father of Linda Carroll, who was given up for adoption in 1944. Linda Carroll is Courtney Love's mother.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan has six children. He had four kids, a daughter, and three sons, with his ex-wife Sara Lownds. Then he had a daughter in 1986 with his ex-wife Carolyn Dennis.
He also adopted Lownds daughter Maria who was born in 1961.
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson has nine children. His first daughter, Hannah, with his ex-wife, Robyn Denise Moore, was born in 1980. The couple then had five sons from 1982 to 1999.
He had a daughter in 2009 with Oksana Grigorieva and a son in 2017 with Rosalind Ross.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali also has nine children. His first child, Maryum, was born in 1968. He had three more kids (including a set of twins) with his second wife, Belinda Boyd.
He had a daughter in 1972 with Pat Harvil, a daughter in 1974 with Wanda Bolton, two daughters, Hana and Laila, with his third wife Veronica Porsche, and he adopted a son, Asaad, with his wife, Lonnie Williams.
Kirk Cameron
Kirk Cameron is the only celeb on this list who had all his children with one partner. Cameron has six children with his wife, Chelsea Noble.
They have a son, Jack, who they adopted in 1996, a daughter Isabella, adopted in 1997, an adopted daughter born in 1998, and adopted son born in 2000 and two biological children, a daughter and a son born in 2001 and 2003.
Elon Musk
Investor and business magnate known for Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has quite a large family. Between three partners throughout the years, Musk's family grew to include ten kids.
One of Musk's most famous children is arguably X Æ A-12, solely because of the confusion the name brought to the general public and the fact that it violated California regulations since the name contains characters that are not in the English alphabet.
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg has six children. His first son with his ex-wife Amy Irving was born in 1985. He adopted two children and had two biological children with his wife, Kate Capshaw. Kate had a child from a previous marriage, Jessica Capshaw, who lived with Steven and Kate.
Jessica played Arizona Robbins on Grey's Anatomy.
